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Multi-periodSite Name: Ancient Farm near Rosh Ha'ayinCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 7.852 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Rosh Ha'ayin
Latitude: 32.098470N Longitude: 34.987114E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Rosh Ha'ayin preparatory to enlargements to the city in the coastal region have unearthed unique finds including a 2,800-year-old farmhouse consisting of 23 rooms.
"The farm, which is extraordinarily well-preserved, extends across an area of 30 by 40 meters (roughly 100 x 130 feet) and was built in the eighth century BCE, the time of the Assyrian conquest," said Amit Shadman, who is director of the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.
"Farm houses during this period served as small settlements of sorts whose inhabitants participated in processing agricultural produce. The numerous wine presses discovered in the vicinity of the settlement indicate the wine industry was the most important branch of agriculture in the region. A large silo, which was used to store grain, shows that the ancient residents were also engaged in growing cereal," explained Shadman.
According to the archaeologist, the farmhouse continued to be used during the Persian period when many Jews returned from the Babylonian exile and established the Second Temple in the sixth century BCE.
It remained standing during the Hellenistic period which started in Israel after Alexander the Great defeated the Persian army in 333 BCE and later arrived in the country.
Read more at : israelnationalnews.com
Note: Prehistoric house with finds showing 2700 year-old farming practices, along with 1500 year old Byzantine church with stunning mosaics unearthed in the central Israeli city of Rosh Ha'ayin, see the most recent comment on our page
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